Vital Records Death Reporting (VRDR) FHIR Implementation Guide
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ConceptMap: UnitsOfAgeCM

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/ConceptMap/UnitsOfAgeCM Version: 2.1.0
Draft as of 2023-03-24 Computable Name: UnitsOfAge

Usage:Clinical Focus: for IJE to FHIR alignment

A mapping between NCHS IJE and FHIR UnitsOfAge Value Sets

To help implementers map from IJE to FHIR Vocabulary

UnitsOfAge (http://hl7.org/fhir/us/vrdr/ConceptMap/UnitsOfAgeCM)

Mapping from (not specified) to Units of Age

DRAFT. Published on 2023-03-24 02:47:42+1100 by HL7 Public Health Working Group (HL7 Public Health Working Group: http://www.hl7.org/Special/com..., pher@lists.HL7.org).

A mapping between NCHS IJE and FHIR UnitsOfAge Value Sets


Group 1Mapping from IJE to Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM)

Source CodeRelationshipTarget Code
1 (Years)is equivalent toa (Years)
2 (Months)is equivalent tomo (Months)
4 (Days)is equivalent tod (Days)
5 (Hours)is equivalent toh (Hours)
6 (Minutes)is equivalent tomin (Minutes)
9 (Unknown - not classifiable)is equivalent toUNK (Unknown)